Car-coupling



'No Model.)

" J. GALLANTINE,

` OARCGUPLING.

No. 567,676., Pan-.6111166 sept. 15, 1696.

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PATENT Josnrnv CALLANTTNE, or PERU, INDIANAQ CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 567,678, datedSeptember 15, 1896.

Application 'led September 8, 1894. Serial No. 522,523` (No model.)

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Be it known that I, JOSEPH CALLANTINE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Peru, in the county of Miami and State of Indiana, haveinvented an Improvement in Car-Coup lings, of which the following is aspecification.

The invention relates to improvements in car-couplings.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofcar-couplin gs and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient onecapable of coupling automatically and adapted to be readily uncoupledwithout going between cars.

A further object of the invention is to perinit a link to have freevertical and lateral play to enable it to couple with cars havingdraw-heads at different elevations, and to provide means for holding alink in proper position for guiding it into the mouth of the drawhead toavoid going between cars and guiding the link by hand.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying` drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure l is avertical lon gitudinal sectional view of acar-coupling constructed in accordance with this invention, the partsbeing elevated preparatory to engaging a link. Fig. 2 is a similar viewshowing the position of the parts when in engagement with the link. Fig.3 is a detail perspective view of the link-holder.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

l designates a draw-head having' a link opening or cavity and providedat its bottom with a centrally-arranged rigid catch 2, presenting aninclined front face for guiding the link upward, and provided with arecess 3 for the reception of a link 4, which encircles the top or apex5 of the front portion of the rigid catch. The rigid catch cooperateswith a pivoted catch 6, depending from the top of the draw-head, at thefront thereof, secured to the same by a transverse pin and incliningdownward and rearward. The front edge 7 of the pivoted catch is adaptedto be engaged by the link 4, which swings the pivoted catch upward andrearward and drops into the recess 3 of the rigid catch, and the bottomportion of the pivoted catch closes the top or mouth of the recess 3 andis provided with a notch 8, which interlocks with a triangularprojection 9 of the rigid catch to limit the downward and forwardmovement of the pivoted catch. The front edge of the pivoted catch, atthe bottom thereof, conforms to the configuration of the apex of thefront portion of the rigid catch, 'and the bottom of the pivoted catchis also provided with a curved recess or arched portion arrangeddirectly over the mouth of the link-receiving recess The link is engagedby a substantially U- shaped link-holder l0, which straddles the catchesand has the lower portions of its sides arranged in slots or openings 1lof the bottom of the draw-head, at opposite sides of the rigid catch.The top of the link-holder rests upon and is supported by the rearportion of the pivoted catch and is provided with a perforation throughwhich passes a rod l2, extending through a perforation 13 of the top ofthe draw-head and connected at itslower end to the pivoted catch,whereby when the rod is lifted the pivoted catch will be swung upwardand rearward, carrying with it the link-holder. The sides of thelink-holder are arranged at opposite sides of the two catches and areprovided at their front edges with rearwardly-eXtending substantiallyhoriZontally-disposed link-receiving recesses lll, located contiguous tothe linkreceiving recesses 3 of the fixed catch, adapted to engage theupper and lower faces of the link, whereby the latter is held inposition for guiding it into the mouth of the draw-head. The link restsand is fulcrumed on the bottom of the draw-head, and its outer portionis adapted to be elevated or depressed, accordingly as the link-holderis raised or lowered, whereby the link may be accurately guidedy intothe mouth of a draw-head. Any suitable means maybe provided foroperating the rod 12 from the topiand sides of a car to enable theoperation of uncouplingto be performed at these points, and also topermit the link to be guided. without going between cars. When the rodl2 is elevated to the full ex tent of its movement, the link-holder andthe pivoted catch are swung upward, and

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2 temeva the link is carried above the top or apeX of the front portionof the fixed catch and is thrown out of the draw-head orplaced inposition for uncoupling.

It will be seen that the car-coupling is exceedingly simple andinexpensive in construction, that it is positive and reliable inoperation, and that it is capable of coupling automatically. It willalso be apparent that it is capable of being readily uncoupled, and thata link may be accurately guided into the mouth of a draw-head withoutgoin g between cars.

Changes in the forni, proportion, and minor details of construction maybe resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacricing any of theadvantages of this invention.

l. In a car-coupling, the combination of a draw-head, a fixed catcharranged at the bottoni thereof and provided with a link-receivingrecess, a pivoted catch depending from the top ofthe draw-head andarranged to engage the Xed catch to confine a link in the llink-holdervstraddling the catches v,and provided with link-receiving recesses andadapted to engage the upper and lower faces of a link, substantially asand for the purpose set forth.

2. In a car-coupling, the combination of a draw-head, a pivoted catchlocated at the bottorn thereof and provided with a link-receiving recessand having a lug or projection, a substantially U shaped link -holderstraddling the catches, resting upon and supported by the pivoted catchand provided at its sides with recesses located adjacent to thelinkreceiving recess, and a rod connected with the pivoted cat-ch andpassing through the link-holder at the top of the draw-head,substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH @ALLAN TINE.

Titn esses:

S. J. MATTHEWS, JOSEPH N. TILLETT.

